11/12 English
Class Summary
4/20
Do Now: Papa's Waltz, Stamp Vocab and Scottsboro W.S.
Discuss Worksheet
Read Ch 19
HW: Read to Ch. 22, Women in 1930's present next clas
4-13/14
Do Now: Langston Hughes
Read to page 87, 3 new entries in D. J.
Study Question - Soul of the World
4-7/8
Do Now: Soul of the World
Alchemy notes
The Philosophers stone
Read pgs 51-61
3-16/17
Read to pg 32
Finish lesson from last class
3-12/13
Read to page 25 in The Alchemist (Remember to continue entering quotes and responding in your Dialectical Journal. You will need to have 4-5 entries by pg. 25)
You will respond to all of the following questions/directions on a separate piece of paper to be turned in at the end of class
Watch this video, then respond (you will probably need to go back and pause)
1. What is the Heroes Journey?
2. Identify and briefly describe the 11 stages of the Heroes Journey
Watch this video, then respond (you will probably need to go back and pause) For additional support check out this website
3. Identify and describe the 7 character archetypes (character types) commonly found in the Heroes Journey
Lastly,
4. At what stage of the Heroes Journey are we in The Alchemist? What character archetypes have appeared in the story so far?
3-10/11
Do Now: Metaphorical Journeys
Naricissus
Dialectical Journals
Read to pg 12 in The Alchemist
2-19/20
Do Now: Visuals
Infographics
Computer Time
HW: Institutional Racism Presentations due MONDAY!!! (B Day) TUESDSAY!!!! (A Day)
2-17/18
Do Now: Thesis Statements
Vocabulary Exercise
Identifying One's Role - Racism ("Diet Racism")
Read "Help or Hurt?"
Respond to the following Questions on Jupiter:
1. In what ways does racism help whites?
2. In what ways does racism hurt/hinder society?
3. In regards to the information in this article, how is your chosen institution affected by racism?
2-12/13
Do Now: Adverb Clauses-Practice 5
Watch TedTalk - Presentations Worth Listening To
Thesis Statements
Discuss Questions to Consider for your Presentation
View Infographics
HW: Continue Working of your Institutional Racism Presentation
2-5/10
Do Now: Adverb Clauses (Practice 4)
Review Presentation Rubric
Infographics (check out piktochart.com)
Research
HW: Evaluate CRAAP Criteria for 3rd source
2-3/4
Do Now: Identifying Literary Devices in MLKs "I Have a Dream" speech
Review examples of sources per CRAAP criteria
Research
HW: Evaluate CRAAP Criteria for 2nd source
1-28/29
Do Now: Adverb clause
Visit the following sites: one, and two
Answer the following questions thoughtfully (2-3 sentences each) on the half sheet:
1. What information on either website did you find to be especially interesting or useful?
2. How will you use this information to your advantage when conducting your research on institutional racism? (i.e. will it help you narrow down your search results, help you find specific sites, etc.)
3. How will this information help you meet the C.R.A.A.P. criteria for evaluating sources? Be specific.
HW: Evaluate the source you have chosen for last night's homework using the C.R.A.A.P. criteria. Write a paragraph 4-6 sentences that responds to the questions in your C.R.A.A.P. notes (omitting "Relevance" since you have already completed this)
1-26/27
Do Now: Adjective Clause
Introduce Institutional Racism Presentation Assignment
Racism in the Criminal Justice System Video
Introduce Prompt
Independent Research
HW: Send Mr. Mehew an email that Includes: your selected topic (be as specific as you can), a link to your first selected source, an analysis of your source's relevance (see your C.R.A.A.P notes regrading relevance for questions to answer)
1-22/23
Do Now: Adjective Clause
Interpret/Analyze New Yorker Editorial "No Such thing as Racial Profiling" opening paragraph
Watch Marcus Jeter News Story
Evaluating Sources Notes: C.R.A.A.P.
1-20/21Do Now: Adjective ClauseHomework ReviewCredibility Notes
1-15/16
Do Now: Clauses - Practice 5 (Turn in Practice 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5)
Review Rhetorical Analysis of "Jim Crow Policing"
Read "Micheal Bloomberg: 'Stop and Frisk' keeps New York safe"
Begin Rhetorical analysis of article
HW: Analyze "Micheal Bloomberg: 'Stop and Frisk' keeps New York safe" using "Text as Tools" handout
1-13/14
Do Now: Clauses - Practice 4
Read "Jim Crow Policing"
Text as Tools Analysis
HW: Finish you analysis of "Jim Crow Policing"
1-9/12
Do Now: 3 Ways to Persuade (article + Notes)
Rhetoric Powerpoint
NY Times Op Ed: Jim Crow Policing
1-7/8
Do Now: Practice 2 & 3
Jim Crow Presentation
Video - Race: The House We Live In
Jim Crow Links 1, 2
HW (Due Friday): Jim Crow Examples Handout (see links)
Vocabulary List: D (use instructions at bottom of the page)
1-5/6
Do Now: Race
Sorting People
Independent and Dependent Clause Notes
Sentence Composing Tools: Clauses
HW: Bring your copy of Into the Wild to return to the library
2ND SEMESTER
__________________________________________________________________________________
Finals
Hey everyone, given the predicament in which we now find ourselves due to the closure of school last week I'm now posting the prompt for the final here for you to see before actually taking the test. Look it over. If you have any questions see or email me before taking the test. We should have ample time to complete the final during the time allotted on your schedule day with me but if you want to get started on it now and simply turn it in then that is fine by me.
12-3/8
Quote Integration Notes
Do Now: Quote Integration
Flow Communities Discussion
Begin Reading Ch. 17
HW: "A" Day - Finish Ch. 17
ALL: Vocabulary Assignment: C and Study for Quiz
12-1/2
Do Now: Speculation
Review Chapters 15 and 16
Reading Quiz
Flow Communities Share
Begin reading chapter 17
HW: "A" Day - Due 12/3 Finish RadioLab Podcast and "Flow Communities" Questions
"B" Day - Due 12/8 Finish Ch. 17, Finish RadioLab Podcast and "Flow Communities" Questions
Due 12/9 Vocabulary Assignment: C and Quiz
11-20/21
Do Now: Ch 13 + 14 Reading Quiz
"Flow" Communities
"RadioLab" Podcast
HW: Due 12/1 Finish "RadioLab" Podcast and complete "Flow" Community Questions
Read Into the Wild Chapters 15 and 16 =>pg. 171
Due 12/9 Vocabulary Assignment: C + Quiz
11-18/19
Do Now: Reading Quiz Ch. 11 & 12
Says Means Matters - Tenets of Transcendentalism
Vocabulary Relay - Vocabulary List: C
HW: Read Ch 13 and 14
Complete Says-Means-Matters
Vocabulary Assignment: C due 12/5
11-14/17
Do Now: Comparisons
Review HW
Read Chapter 10
Classwork: Ch 11
HW: Read Ch 12 (to page 126) Be ready for a quiz on Ch 11 and 12 next class
11-12/13
Do Now: Reading Quiz
Discussion Questions
Begin Reading Ch 8
HW: Compare and Contrast Chris w/ Waterman, McCunn, and Ruess
11-6/7
Do Now: Tenets of Transcendentalism Survey
Reviewed Interactive Reading Responses
Thoreau/Emerson Quote Context Research
Read Into the Wild
HW: Read to pg. 70
Announcement: The Lettered and Numbered Assignments for the Independent Reading Project have been cancelled for this semester. They are now available as extra-credit opportunities
10-30/31
Do Now: Thoreau/Emerson Quote Context Research
Read Ch. 4
HW: Read to page 60 by Thursday 11/6
The Stranger Essay Improvement Plans due Monday 11/3
10-27/28
Do Now: Content and Context Explanatory phrases
The Stranger Essay Debrief
Emerson/Thoreau quote research
10-23/24
Do Now: Word Association
Pictionary (w/Vocab. words)
Vocabulary Quiz
Revisit John Muir's "Man's Place in the Universe"
Lecture - Defining Transcendentalism 1, 2
10-20/21
Do Now: The Poet and the Patriot (Story of Yosemite)
Read John Muir's "Man's Place in the Universe"
Analyzed his argument in quickwrite
Watched John Muir's "Yosemite"
HW due nect class: Finish Vocabulary Assingment; Study for Vocabulary Quiz
10-17/22
Do Now: Transcendentalists
Transcendental Quote Activity, Quotes
Read Ch. 3 Carthage, Discussion Questions
10-15/16
Do Now: You don't know Jack (London)
Read Ch. 2 Stampede Trail (Google Earth)
Read Walden "Where I lived and What I lived for" and began Assignment
HW: Finish reading and annotating the Walden excerpt and answer the questions
10-13/14
Picked up copy of Into the Wild
Do Now: Read Author's Note
Discussion Questions
Distribute Vocabulary List: B
Character Studies
Read Ch. 1 Into the Wild
HW: Due 10-23/24 Vocabulary Assignment: B
10-9/10
Do Now: Challenges with the Essay
"The Bear that Wasn't"
Identity Charts
Universe of Obligation
HW: Bring Copy of The Stranger next class to turn into library
10-7/8
Do Now: Overcoming Personal Issues
Works Cited
Thesis
Introduction Peer Review Workshop
Read Kitty Genovese Article
HW Due Thurs/Fri: Essay (Final Draft), Says-Means-Matters Org., 3 peer responses
10-3/6
Quote Integration Worksheet Review
Introductions Instructions: Notes, Sample, Specif instruction
HW Due Monday: Finish Writing your Introduction
10-1/2
Do Now: Signal Phrases
Quote Integration Worksheet
Says-Means-Matters Quote Integration
9/25-9/30
Existentialism exploration with "I Heart Huckabees"
Existential Crisis
9-23/24
The Stranger Thematic Quote Activity
Thematic Quotes: Religion, Man and the Natural World, Philosophy: Absurdism, Isolation/Passivity
HW: Due Friday for both A and B Days - Interactive Reading Response
9/19
Do Now: The Stranger Reading Quiz
Read "Albert Camus Thought Life was Meaningless" by Nicola Chiaramonte (see me for copy)
Responded to article questions
Passed out and reviewed The Stranger Final Assessment
Reviewed quiz, article questions, and previous nights reading
9/17
Do Now: Jabberwocky
Vocabulary Clarification Discussion (parts of speech)
The Stranger Thematic Discussion Groups
HW: Finish The Stranger (reading quiz next class)
9-11/12
Do Now: Hope
Absurdism Notes
Read The Myth of Sisyphus
Completed one side of the Says-Means-Matters Organizer
9-9/10
Do Now: Citations
Finish The Stranger Self-guided Exploration up to and including Pt. II Chapter 3
HW: Finish The Stranger Self-guided Exploration
9-5/8
Do Now: Pictionary
Vocabulary Quiz: A
The Stranger Self-guided Exploration up to and including Part Two, Chapter 1 - Turned in at the end of class
HW: Finish The Stranger Self Guided Exploration up to and including part II chapter 1
9-3/4
Do Now: Absurdity
The Stranger Self-guided Exploration
Reminder: Vocabulary Assignment: A due next class. Vocabulary Quiz: A -next class
8-29, 9-2
Do Now: Respond to Stephen Crane Poem
Existentialism notes 1, 2
Read Ch. 2 and 3
HW: Due 9-3/4 Finish reading chapter 3 and respond to the prompt
8-27/28
Do Now: Word Association
Greasy Lake Debrief
Discussed The Stranger Ch. 1 Book Talk and Scavenger Hunt
Independent Reading, Book Check
8-25/26
Do Now: Begin" Vocabulary Assignment: A" after distributing "Vocabulary List: A"
Examined word origin "path" via these sites 1, 2
Reviewed STEAL
Finished "Greasy Lake"
Responded to quickwrite prompt
8-21/22
Do Now: Asked students to comment on the credibility of the narrator of "Greasy Lake"
Reviewed syllabus and Independent Reading Project
Picked copies of The Stranger
HW: Due Mon/Tues: Signed syllabus slip by parent & Read Ch. 1 in The Stranger and respond to the prompt
Due Wed/Thurs: Secure Independent Reading Book
8-19/20
Do Now: Creative writing exercise asking students to select a character conflict and apply it to themselves or someone they know
Reviewed characterization and its importance via Shout-Out
Identified elements of indirect characterization (STEAL) by viewing scenes from "There will be Blood" clips while students noted examples on the back of their note-taking guides
Began Reading "Greasy Lake"
8-15/18
Do Now: What makes the Joker such a compelling character? (after watching these clips)
Defined characterization and answered why it is important by paraphrasing this article
Lectured on the elements of indirect characterization while students took notes (note-taking guide)
8-13/14
Read Anne Bradstreet's "Verses Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10, 1666"
and followed-up with this introductory activity
Do Now: Papa's Waltz, Stamp Vocab and Scottsboro W.S.
Discuss Worksheet
Read Ch 19
HW: Read to Ch. 22, Women in 1930's present next clas
4-13/14
Do Now: Langston Hughes
Read to page 87, 3 new entries in D. J.
Study Question - Soul of the World
4-7/8
Do Now: Soul of the World
Alchemy notes
The Philosophers stone
Read pgs 51-61
3-16/17
Read to pg 32
Finish lesson from last class
3-12/13
Read to page 25 in The Alchemist (Remember to continue entering quotes and responding in your Dialectical Journal. You will need to have 4-5 entries by pg. 25)
You will respond to all of the following questions/directions on a separate piece of paper to be turned in at the end of class
Watch this video, then respond (you will probably need to go back and pause)
1. What is the Heroes Journey?
2. Identify and briefly describe the 11 stages of the Heroes Journey
Watch this video, then respond (you will probably need to go back and pause) For additional support check out this website
3. Identify and describe the 7 character archetypes (character types) commonly found in the Heroes Journey
Lastly,
4. At what stage of the Heroes Journey are we in The Alchemist? What character archetypes have appeared in the story so far?
3-10/11
Do Now: Metaphorical Journeys
Naricissus
Dialectical Journals
Read to pg 12 in The Alchemist
2-19/20
Do Now: Visuals
Infographics
Computer Time
HW: Institutional Racism Presentations due MONDAY!!! (B Day) TUESDSAY!!!! (A Day)
2-17/18
Do Now: Thesis Statements
Vocabulary Exercise
Identifying One's Role - Racism ("Diet Racism")
Read "Help or Hurt?"
Respond to the following Questions on Jupiter:
1. In what ways does racism help whites?
2. In what ways does racism hurt/hinder society?
3. In regards to the information in this article, how is your chosen institution affected by racism?
2-12/13
Do Now: Adverb Clauses-Practice 5
Watch TedTalk - Presentations Worth Listening To
Thesis Statements
Discuss Questions to Consider for your Presentation
View Infographics
HW: Continue Working of your Institutional Racism Presentation
2-5/10
Do Now: Adverb Clauses (Practice 4)
Review Presentation Rubric
Infographics (check out piktochart.com)
Research
HW: Evaluate CRAAP Criteria for 3rd source
2-3/4
Do Now: Identifying Literary Devices in MLKs "I Have a Dream" speech
Review examples of sources per CRAAP criteria
Research
HW: Evaluate CRAAP Criteria for 2nd source
1-28/29
Do Now: Adverb clause
Visit the following sites: one, and two
Answer the following questions thoughtfully (2-3 sentences each) on the half sheet:
1. What information on either website did you find to be especially interesting or useful?
2. How will you use this information to your advantage when conducting your research on institutional racism? (i.e. will it help you narrow down your search results, help you find specific sites, etc.)
3. How will this information help you meet the C.R.A.A.P. criteria for evaluating sources? Be specific.
HW: Evaluate the source you have chosen for last night's homework using the C.R.A.A.P. criteria. Write a paragraph 4-6 sentences that responds to the questions in your C.R.A.A.P. notes (omitting "Relevance" since you have already completed this)
1-26/27
Do Now: Adjective Clause
Introduce Institutional Racism Presentation Assignment
Racism in the Criminal Justice System Video
Introduce Prompt
Independent Research
HW: Send Mr. Mehew an email that Includes: your selected topic (be as specific as you can), a link to your first selected source, an analysis of your source's relevance (see your C.R.A.A.P notes regrading relevance for questions to answer)
1-22/23
Do Now: Adjective Clause
Interpret/Analyze New Yorker Editorial "No Such thing as Racial Profiling" opening paragraph
Watch Marcus Jeter News Story
Evaluating Sources Notes: C.R.A.A.P.
1-20/21Do Now: Adjective ClauseHomework ReviewCredibility Notes
1-15/16
Do Now: Clauses - Practice 5 (Turn in Practice 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5)
Review Rhetorical Analysis of "Jim Crow Policing"
Read "Micheal Bloomberg: 'Stop and Frisk' keeps New York safe"
Begin Rhetorical analysis of article
HW: Analyze "Micheal Bloomberg: 'Stop and Frisk' keeps New York safe" using "Text as Tools" handout
1-13/14
Do Now: Clauses - Practice 4
Read "Jim Crow Policing"
Text as Tools Analysis
HW: Finish you analysis of "Jim Crow Policing"
1-9/12
Do Now: 3 Ways to Persuade (article + Notes)
Rhetoric Powerpoint
NY Times Op Ed: Jim Crow Policing
1-7/8
Do Now: Practice 2 & 3
Jim Crow Presentation
Video - Race: The House We Live In
Jim Crow Links 1, 2
HW (Due Friday): Jim Crow Examples Handout (see links)
Vocabulary List: D (use instructions at bottom of the page)
1-5/6
Do Now: Race
Sorting People
Independent and Dependent Clause Notes
Sentence Composing Tools: Clauses
HW: Bring your copy of Into the Wild to return to the library
2ND SEMESTER
__________________________________________________________________________________
Finals
Hey everyone, given the predicament in which we now find ourselves due to the closure of school last week I'm now posting the prompt for the final here for you to see before actually taking the test. Look it over. If you have any questions see or email me before taking the test. We should have ample time to complete the final during the time allotted on your schedule day with me but if you want to get started on it now and simply turn it in then that is fine by me.
12-3/8
Quote Integration Notes
Do Now: Quote Integration
Flow Communities Discussion
Begin Reading Ch. 17
HW: "A" Day - Finish Ch. 17
ALL: Vocabulary Assignment: C and Study for Quiz
12-1/2
Do Now: Speculation
Review Chapters 15 and 16
Reading Quiz
Flow Communities Share
Begin reading chapter 17
HW: "A" Day - Due 12/3 Finish RadioLab Podcast and "Flow Communities" Questions
"B" Day - Due 12/8 Finish Ch. 17, Finish RadioLab Podcast and "Flow Communities" Questions
Due 12/9 Vocabulary Assignment: C and Quiz
11-20/21
Do Now: Ch 13 + 14 Reading Quiz
"Flow" Communities
"RadioLab" Podcast
HW: Due 12/1 Finish "RadioLab" Podcast and complete "Flow" Community Questions
Read Into the Wild Chapters 15 and 16 =>pg. 171
Due 12/9 Vocabulary Assignment: C + Quiz
11-18/19
Do Now: Reading Quiz Ch. 11 & 12
Says Means Matters - Tenets of Transcendentalism
Vocabulary Relay - Vocabulary List: C
HW: Read Ch 13 and 14
Complete Says-Means-Matters
Vocabulary Assignment: C due 12/5
11-14/17
Do Now: Comparisons
Review HW
Read Chapter 10
Classwork: Ch 11
HW: Read Ch 12 (to page 126) Be ready for a quiz on Ch 11 and 12 next class
11-12/13
Do Now: Reading Quiz
Discussion Questions
Begin Reading Ch 8
HW: Compare and Contrast Chris w/ Waterman, McCunn, and Ruess
11-6/7
Do Now: Tenets of Transcendentalism Survey
Reviewed Interactive Reading Responses
Thoreau/Emerson Quote Context Research
Read Into the Wild
HW: Read to pg. 70
Announcement: The Lettered and Numbered Assignments for the Independent Reading Project have been cancelled for this semester. They are now available as extra-credit opportunities
10-30/31
Do Now: Thoreau/Emerson Quote Context Research
Read Ch. 4
HW: Read to page 60 by Thursday 11/6
The Stranger Essay Improvement Plans due Monday 11/3
10-27/28
Do Now: Content and Context Explanatory phrases
The Stranger Essay Debrief
Emerson/Thoreau quote research
10-23/24
Do Now: Word Association
Pictionary (w/Vocab. words)
Vocabulary Quiz
Revisit John Muir's "Man's Place in the Universe"
Lecture - Defining Transcendentalism 1, 2
10-20/21
Do Now: The Poet and the Patriot (Story of Yosemite)
Read John Muir's "Man's Place in the Universe"
Analyzed his argument in quickwrite
Watched John Muir's "Yosemite"
HW due nect class: Finish Vocabulary Assingment; Study for Vocabulary Quiz
10-17/22
Do Now: Transcendentalists
Transcendental Quote Activity, Quotes
Read Ch. 3 Carthage, Discussion Questions
10-15/16
Do Now: You don't know Jack (London)
Read Ch. 2 Stampede Trail (Google Earth)
Read Walden "Where I lived and What I lived for" and began Assignment
HW: Finish reading and annotating the Walden excerpt and answer the questions
10-13/14
Picked up copy of Into the Wild
Do Now: Read Author's Note
Discussion Questions
Distribute Vocabulary List: B
Character Studies
Read Ch. 1 Into the Wild
HW: Due 10-23/24 Vocabulary Assignment: B
10-9/10
Do Now: Challenges with the Essay
"The Bear that Wasn't"
Identity Charts
Universe of Obligation
HW: Bring Copy of The Stranger next class to turn into library
10-7/8
Do Now: Overcoming Personal Issues
Works Cited
Thesis
Introduction Peer Review Workshop
Read Kitty Genovese Article
HW Due Thurs/Fri: Essay (Final Draft), Says-Means-Matters Org., 3 peer responses
10-3/6
Quote Integration Worksheet Review
Introductions Instructions: Notes, Sample, Specif instruction
HW Due Monday: Finish Writing your Introduction
10-1/2
Do Now: Signal Phrases
Quote Integration Worksheet
Says-Means-Matters Quote Integration
9/25-9/30
Existentialism exploration with "I Heart Huckabees"
Existential Crisis
9-23/24
The Stranger Thematic Quote Activity
Thematic Quotes: Religion, Man and the Natural World, Philosophy: Absurdism, Isolation/Passivity
HW: Due Friday for both A and B Days - Interactive Reading Response
9/19
Do Now: The Stranger Reading Quiz
Read "Albert Camus Thought Life was Meaningless" by Nicola Chiaramonte (see me for copy)
Responded to article questions
Passed out and reviewed The Stranger Final Assessment
Reviewed quiz, article questions, and previous nights reading
9/17
Do Now: Jabberwocky
Vocabulary Clarification Discussion (parts of speech)
The Stranger Thematic Discussion Groups
HW: Finish The Stranger (reading quiz next class)
9-11/12
Do Now: Hope
Absurdism Notes
Read The Myth of Sisyphus
Completed one side of the Says-Means-Matters Organizer
9-9/10
Do Now: Citations
Finish The Stranger Self-guided Exploration up to and including Pt. II Chapter 3
HW: Finish The Stranger Self-guided Exploration
9-5/8
Do Now: Pictionary
Vocabulary Quiz: A
The Stranger Self-guided Exploration up to and including Part Two, Chapter 1 - Turned in at the end of class
HW: Finish The Stranger Self Guided Exploration up to and including part II chapter 1
9-3/4
Do Now: Absurdity
The Stranger Self-guided Exploration
Reminder: Vocabulary Assignment: A due next class. Vocabulary Quiz: A -next class
8-29, 9-2
Do Now: Respond to Stephen Crane Poem
Existentialism notes 1, 2
Read Ch. 2 and 3
HW: Due 9-3/4 Finish reading chapter 3 and respond to the prompt
8-27/28
Do Now: Word Association
Greasy Lake Debrief
Discussed The Stranger Ch. 1 Book Talk and Scavenger Hunt
Independent Reading, Book Check
8-25/26
Do Now: Begin" Vocabulary Assignment: A" after distributing "Vocabulary List: A"
Examined word origin "path" via these sites 1, 2
Reviewed STEAL
Finished "Greasy Lake"
Responded to quickwrite prompt
8-21/22
Do Now: Asked students to comment on the credibility of the narrator of "Greasy Lake"
Reviewed syllabus and Independent Reading Project
Picked copies of The Stranger
HW: Due Mon/Tues: Signed syllabus slip by parent & Read Ch. 1 in The Stranger and respond to the prompt
Due Wed/Thurs: Secure Independent Reading Book
8-19/20
Do Now: Creative writing exercise asking students to select a character conflict and apply it to themselves or someone they know
Reviewed characterization and its importance via Shout-Out
Identified elements of indirect characterization (STEAL) by viewing scenes from "There will be Blood" clips while students noted examples on the back of their note-taking guides
Began Reading "Greasy Lake"
8-15/18
Do Now: What makes the Joker such a compelling character? (after watching these clips)
Defined characterization and answered why it is important by paraphrasing this article
Lectured on the elements of indirect characterization while students took notes (note-taking guide)
8-13/14
Read Anne Bradstreet's "Verses Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10, 1666"
and followed-up with this introductory activity